Affiliated media: Shamshyan.com, Online publication

Incident date: September 2, 2019

Attack type:

• Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison
• Court trial

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

On August 1, Khachatur Khachatryan filed a lawsuit to the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction against Shamshyan Media LLC, seeking a public apology and compensation of AMD 1 million for damage to honour and dignity. This is the second lawsuit on the matter; the first was filed on April 17, and on April 29, the court ruled to return the documents to the plaintiff. On September 2, however, the application was accepted into court proceedings.